Climate change implications for stand yields and soil expectation values: A northern Saskatchewan case study

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 683-690

  Johnston, Mark ^a   Williamson, Tim ^b  

^a SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change impacts; CO2 fertilization; Fire cycles; Forest ecosystem models; Forest management; Optimal economic rotation; PnET; Soil expectation values; Stand yield effects; Stomatal control

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SOILS;

FIRE CYCLES; OPTIMAL ECONOMIC ROTATION; PNET; STAND YIELD EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; YIELD;

ADAPTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 27644471517     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81683-5     Document Type: Article

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